desperation
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Salon’s Sophia Tesfaye agrees, calling the self-evident desperation “excruciating”:
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
Hearn added: "There is a desperation to win this fight and this is why sport is the greatest. I've never wanted to win a fight so badly."
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Researchers also gave Claude an impossible task and measured desperation rising on its own with each failure, until the model cheated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Wendy seems to believe that too, which adds to her desperation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Silent tears spilled from her eyes, and she looked at Dad with such desperation, like she wanted him to save her.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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